https://mynameisfeng.com Sharing knowledge and insights in 23+ languages. Technical articles, tutorials, and lessons learned while building. en-us Mon, 07 Sep 2026 05:55:38 GMT https://mynameisfeng.com/blog/the-most-expensive-mistake-i-see-solo-founders-make https://mynameisfeng.com/blog/the-most-expensive-mistake-i-see-solo-founders-make Most solo founders cap at five figures because they keep selling to other developers — the internet's most frugal audience. Here's why market selection matters more than product quality, and what the founders who break through do differently. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:40:05 GMT Edward New solo-founder market-selection indie-hackers distribution product-market-fit https://mynameisfeng.com/blog/the-800-that-changed-everything-why-risemore-wont-publish-without-you https://mynameisfeng.com/blog/the-800-that-changed-everything-why-risemore-wont-publish-without-you A founder lost $800 in 48 hours to a freelancer's error. That story became the design specification for an AI marketing agent — and it's why RiseMore won't publish a single word without your approval. The architecture decision that separates tools founders trust from tools they abandon. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:38:04 GMT Edward New ai-marketing-agents approval-first solo-founder trust product-architecture https://mynameisfeng.com/blog/the-hidden-switching-cost-nobody-talks-about-agentic-lock-in https://mynameisfeng.com/blog/the-hidden-switching-cost-nobody-talks-about-agentic-lock-in Agentic lock-in is the vendor-dependency risk nobody's talking about: when your AI marketing agent learns your business, that knowledge stays behind if you leave. Here's the architecture that prevents it. Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:34:05 GMT Edward New agentic-lock-in ai-marketing-agents solo-founder marketing-governance ai-platform-architecture build-in-public https://mynameisfeng.com/blog/the-ai-agent-governance-gap-is-2026s-real-bottleneck https://mynameisfeng.com/blog/the-ai-agent-governance-gap-is-2026s-real-bottleneck Only 1 in 5 companies has governance for AI agents. For solo founders, the governance gap is invisible — and more dangerous. Here's why traceability, not autonomy, is 2026's real bottleneck. Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:41:05 GMT Edward New AI agents marketing governance agentic AI solo founder AI marketing https://mynameisfeng.com/blog/94-use-ai-for-marketing-41-can-prove-it-works-heres-what-that-gap-taught-me-about-building-risemore https://mynameisfeng.com/blog/94-use-ai-for-marketing-41-can-prove-it-works-heres-what-that-gap-taught-me-about-building-risemore 94% of marketing teams use AI. Only 41% can prove it works — down from 49% in 2025. After months of building an AI marketing platform, here's what the 53-point gap taught me about why measurement infrastructure matters more than model quality. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:29:06 GMT Edward New AI marketing solo founder build in public marketing measurement RiseMore https://mynameisfeng.com/blog/the-moat-is-no-longer-the-code https://mynameisfeng.com/blog/the-moat-is-no-longer-the-code Forbes just said what every solo founder already knows: the moat is no longer the code, it's the distribution. Here's what that means for anyone building alone in 2026. Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:45:33 GMT Edward New vibe coding solo founder distribution ai marketing bootstrapping build in public https://mynameisfeng.com/blog/nobody-pays-for-a-general-ai-agent-and-what-that-taught-me-about-building-risemore https://mynameisfeng.com/blog/nobody-pays-for-a-general-ai-agent-and-what-that-taught-me-about-building-risemore What people actually pay for with AI agents — and what a Reddit thread taught me about building RiseMore's architecture. Spoiler: nobody pays for general-purpose assistants. They pay for specific, boring outcomes. Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:45:24 GMT Edward New ai-agents building-in-public product-architecture solo-founder vibecom